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Overview

  • 7 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Indonesian, Spanish, Swahili
  • 42, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • clinical research fellow
  • 4th year med student
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Be kind, spend time in nature, eat well, make friends and travel

ABOUT ME

I'm tall, outgoing, half-Italian half-Polish American lady, living in Los Angeles and working as an addiction doctor.

PHILOSOPHY

We are all connected

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

hosting, surfing, giving travel advice...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have been a member of couchsurfers for 20+ years. Have hosted and met up with couchsurfers in NYC and Jakarta and Botswana, and have been hosted in Helsinki and Durban. Love the cultural exchange that you get through couch surfing!! Best way to travel in a foreign place.

Interests

music, mindfulness practices, nature, cooking/baking, dogs, art, medicine

  • dining
  • wine
  • running
  • politics
  • traveling
  • music
  • cycling
  • surfing
  • rock climbing

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

most wild travel adventures include:
-climbing mount rinjani on lombok island at sunrise, and having the volcano start to erupt.
-getting stuck in the mud in south sudan on the way to lopa/lofan county and having to sleep in our land rover.

Countries I’ve Visited

Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Guadeloupe, Hungary, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Botswana, Indonesia, South Africa, United States

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